Bushland ISD lowers tax rate

The Bushland Independent School District Board of Trustees lowered its tax rate during a special meeting Tuesday evening, but rising property values may cause some homeowners’ taxes to go up, Superintendent Don Wood said.

The approved rate, $1.29 per $100 in property value, kept last year’s maintenance and operation rate of $1.04 and lowered its debt service rate .44 cents to 25 cents per $100 of valuation, Wood said.

The board lowered the tax rate because of an increase in property values within the district.

An average home is now valued at $189,152, up about $8,900 from last year, Business Manager Karen Grantham said.

The owner of an average home will owe about $2,440, an increase of about $100, this year, she said.